acceleration

Definition

  • noun: the act or process of moving faster or happening more quickly
  • noun: the act or process of 'accelerating'
  • synonyms: retardation of the tides

Examples

  • The car has good 'acceleration'. [=the car is able to accelerate quickly]

  • There has been some 'acceleration' in economic growth.

  • There has been an 'acceleration' in economic growth.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Spandex. Spandex. Everything... ...spandex. Extraordinary velocity vector is a function... ...of both mass and acceleration. Come on, you know better than anyone... ...the weight on any pendulum has no effect on speed. It doesn't affect frequency, (..)
    2012 The Amazing Spider-Man